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A new door to employment in Baltimore is opening wider. The gateway is the latest variation in finding and applying for jobs online. Called Apploi, it's an application for computers, smartphones and tablets that allows users to fill out an application once, use it to apply for any number of jobs and even record a video to pitch themselves. "It gives job seekers another tool to use in finding a job," said Craig B. Lewis, division director for workforce operations with the Mayor's Office of Employment Development, which recently agreed to expand its relationship with the New York-based start-up. After launching a pilot program last fall that put Apploi "kiosks"...

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A new door to employment in Baltimore is opening wider.The gateway is the latest variation in finding and applying for jobs online. Called Apploi, it's an application for computers, smartphones and tablets that allows users to fill out an application...

Sandy Piper's family has been merchants in Hampden for more than 40 years, but when she retires someday, she's not sure there will be any business left.
Expenses have increased, customers aren't spending more and online shopping has cut into sales at...

Amazon.com will launch its one-hour delivery service, Prime Now, in the coming weeks in some parts of Baltimore, taking advantage of the pending opening of its massive new distribution center near Canton.
The service will be available in select zip codes...

Fewer commuters in Maryland chose public buses and trains last fiscal year than in each of the three years prior, adding pressure to an already beleaguered Maryland Transit Administration just as it prepares to saddle frustrated riders with a fare...

Oren Miller, a stay-at-home dad who created A Blogger and a Father blog, which attracted worldwide attention, and the equally successful Facebook group "Dad Bloggers," died Saturday at his Owings Mills home of cancer. He was 42.
"Oren's...

Amara Majeed founded a website called "The Hijab Project," aimed at combating discrimination against Muslim girls and women who wear head-scarves in public. She self-published a book of short biographies of 17 peace-loving, law-abiding Muslims...

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It's been an epic week for Amazon, Maura Pfefferman and streaming TV.
Two Golden Globes for "Transparent," a daring dramedy starring Jeffrey Tambor on a gender-changing journey from Mort to Maura Pfefferman, got the ball rolling at the...

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With the holiday shopping season over, store closing season has arrived, driven this year by a shift in how and where consumers make purchases and the continued decline of a once-dependable middle-class customer base.
Less than two weeks into 2015,...

In Optoro's sprawling warehouse in Lanham, dozens of workers scan, sort and pack toys, shoes, laptops, books, headphones, power tools — almost anything that consumers bought online and at stores then sent or brought back. The returned goods may be...

While it's too early to declare the new Maryland health insurance exchange website a complete success, its largely smooth launch this week offers the prospect that this open enrollment period will be focused less on the technology and more on ensuring...

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The glass ornaments — chocolate-covered...

Many of the nation's biggest retailers plan to sharply increase hiring for the holiday shopping season as consumers look to spend more, according to reports out today.
Macy's, Kohl's, Walmart, Amazon and Game Stop are among the retailers planning...

Limited-time holiday deals on cookware, headphones, jewelry and more already are counting down on Amazon, and new offers crop up as often as every 10 minutes.
Toys "R" Us is promoting 11 days of savings starting Wednesday. Wal-Mart will stretch...

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Work will begin Monday on a massive new warehouse in Aberdeen for which the developer has not signed a tenant.
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J.J. Reidy boarded a garish yellow RV parked in Harbor East and shared a vision: vast greenhouses in Baltimore raising produce to feed thousands, the plants feeding on nutrients from the waste of fish swimming in nearby tanks.
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